Mon Oct 31, 2005, 08:09pm
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Get away from me, Steve.
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Join Date: Aug 2000
Posts: 15,785
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Originally posted by rainmaker
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Originally posted by JRutledge
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Originally posted by rainmaker
I expect at the level you work, it's not usually a problem. At lower level games, you really have to watch closely. The table people are either new, completely indifferent, or busy with other things. If the scoreboard is wrong, it triggers parents and coaches (and sometimes players) to start yelling. Then even if the book was right to begin with, the bookkeeper gets confused. If you see that the scoreboard is wrong, you can get it fixed right away. If this happens a couple of times in the first quarter, or the first half, then when you're down to the wire, you've got the bugs out of the system. Assuming you have the same table people for the whole game.
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The level has nothing to do with it. You cannot expect every bit of information is going to be correct all the time as it relates to the scoreboard. If something is wrong, I am not going to stop everything to correct it.
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The level has a lot to do with it around here. MS games, some schools have a teacher or a committed parent, most have whoever they can drag in from the hallways, usually untrained, usually unhappy, usually unconcerned. At the varsity level, there's usually someone with some experience and some attention to detail.
If something IS wrong on the scoreboard, I don't stop everything to correct it (unless it has to do with the clock starting or stopping), but I'm sure going to be sure that it gets fixed asap. I DO expect every bit of information to be correct all the time, and I rely on that for my own keeping track. When it's off, I want it fixed.
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I just don't think that's the proper level of attention. I want to avoid a correctable error and make sure that the clock is running when it's supposed to be. Other than that, I'll get it sorted out.
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